Kitsilano and Saint George's duked it out Tuesday in the opening round of the AAA senior boys soccer zone tournament, drawing even after 90 minutes and another 15 minutes of overtime.
Goaltending heroics by Kits Blue Demon Torin O'Regan and Saint Kirk Bonnis kept the game intense and tied at 2-2. Kitsilano's two goals came from Acil Amrani and Taylor Guerin. St. George's points came from Brendan Catliff followed by Mohammad Kashanipour in the last five minutes of regular time.
In the shootout, Bonnis stopped one Kitsilano shot and another sailed wide. The Saints shooters put four shots past O'Regan for the win.
St. George's and Magee advanced to the second round of the double-knockout, played Thursday, in addition to Richmond's McMath and McNair.
On Tuesday, Magee shutout Winston Churchill in a close 1-0 game. Point Grey fell to McNair 2-1. Vancouver Technical couldn't get on the board against McMath in a 5-0 loss in Richmond.
Magee played McMath at 3: 30 Thursday at Memorial Park at the same time as McNair visited St. George's. Results weren't known before the Courier's print deadline. Visit vancourier. com/sports for results.
When Magee played McMath earlier this year, the Richmond school came out on top 4-0. As last year's zone championship, they are the No. 1 ranked Richmond school and finished third at Provincials last year.
The championship game is set for Nov. 8. Three teams advance to provincials in Burnaby, Nov. 24 to 26.
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